American Boris Mannsfeld Murdered in Placencia

Police are investigating the murder of 56-year-old Boris Alexander Mannsfeld, an American real estate developer. Mannsfeld’s body was found on Friday night at his luxury project, Cocoplum Villas in Maya Beach, with a gunshot wound to the neck. Authorities found a spent shell casing at the scene.

According to police reports, Mannsfeld was found with his personal belongings intact, including his wallet containing cash and his loaded firearm still holstered.

Mannsfeld was originally from Colorado but moved to Belize in 2006, where he built the Villas at Cocoplum, which was considered one of Placencia’s top real estate developments. In a January 2025 email, Mannsfeld described a high-profile fraud case as involving stolen assets, money laundering, and the deaths of two associates, Ricardo Borja and Darren Taylor.

In the email, Mannsfeld stated that he had securely stored important evidence and shared it with trusted individuals, instructing them to release all files—such as names, bank details, receipts, messages, and passwords—to major news outlets and US lawmakers if anything were to happen to him.

Police are now looking into connections between Mannsfeld’s murder and his legal disputes. No suspects have been identified as yet.

This is a developing story.